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Black Clover, Vol. 19 by Yûki Tabata

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itslorei's review

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4.0

Ch 173- 183

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I apologise for murdering Nozel's name

rereader33's review

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5.0

I feel like my emotions are going to be my undoing because they're constantly bouncing between "yay, my characters got great development and are total badasses!" and "HOLY FUCKING SHIT, I HATE THESE ELVES, THEY ARE TERRIBLE VILLAINS!"

Seriously, I love the characters in this series, and my wish for Noelle was granted ten times over in this volume. Seeing her team up with Nozel and also Nozel apologizing to her is probably my top moment of this series. I am so proud of her growth and development and she is easily my favorite character in this series.

But then you have the other side of this, where I have to trudge through the most repetitive and boring dialogue from the most uninteresting villains, the elves. No joke, 98% of their dialogue is variations of "you humans should die," "you're a disgusting group of people," "you're all weak and worthy of death". That fight between Nozel, Noelle, and the Compass Magic elf? Would have been 100 times more interesting if the elf lady didn't SAY THE SAME FUCKING THINGS THE ENTIRE FIGHT!!! At one point while sloughing through more atrocious dialogue, I finally snapped and thought, "holy shit, I want to go and read My Hero Academia because at least Horikoshi knows how to write villains with more than one personality trait!" That's one of the biggest issues, honestly; the elves are so one-dimensional and their dialogue and mannerisms match it. All they feel is hatred and anger, no other emotions and their personalities are practically identical. Holy FUCK, I hate them so much.

But enough ranting, this was an excellent volume purely for incredible Noelle growth and development and Finral's growth and development as well. And of course Yami, we can't forget Yami. But for real, if Tabata doesn't do something about these elves soon I'm going to lose my shit.

rachieturtle's review

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adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

samrushingbooks's review

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5.0

Oh my goodness, this was such a good volume. I loved seeing Noelle be the awesome badass we all know she can be, and I especially enjoyed the Yami and Jack the Ripper team-up. Plus it was cool to see more of Henry. I also liked that we got to see more of the setup of the royal section of the kingdom. Finally, I was so glad to see Finral once again show how great he is, and to stop elf-possessed Langris. This elf reincarnation plot line is really interesting, and I'm excited to see where it will go next.